David Cortright
Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Office: 336 Hesburgh Center
Phone: 574-631-8536
Email: dcortrig@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Economic sanctions and incentives, United States and United Nations policy in Iraq, nuclear nonproliferation, nonviolent social change
A veteran scholar and peace activist, Cortright writes and speaks on nuclear disarmament, the Iraq War, economic sanctions and nonmilitary strategies for defeating terrorism. He has served as consultant or adviser to the United Nations, international think tanks, and the foreign ministries of numerous countries. As a soldier in Vietnam, he spoke out for peace and organized demonstrations among fellow soldiers against the war. He later served as executive director of SANE, the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including “Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas,” “Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat,” and “Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence in an Age of Terrorism.” He has taught at Notre Dame since 1989.
VIDEOS
ND EXPERTS
Obama’s speech a sign of hope for world without nuclear weapons
Sanctions experts urge direct talks with North Koreans
ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
Cortright named policy director at Kroc Institute
Book traces religious and intellectual roots of peace
New nuclear world order: Kroc scholar says threat is peaking, again
New book calls for bold new response to terrorism
Counter-terrorism experts respond to annual State Department report
U.N. secretary-general endorses Kroc Institute work on sanctions
Iraqi sanctions worked, Kroc scholars report in Foreign Affairs
